IT has access to a lot of information about the company and its employees. That means IT can be a valuable asset when a manager wants to investigate a member of his or her staff. But too much snooping can lead to a violation of employees’ privacy.

IT departments and management in all companies have to make a tough decision: How should employee Internet use be monitored and controlled. In this guest post, Casper Manes offers eight arguments in favor of using Internet monitoring tools.

Even when tech pros find time for a vacation, IT systems need to stay up and running. In this guest post, SolarWinds’ Mav Turner gives network admins a list of steps they can take to make sure things run as smoothly as possible while they’re gone for the holidays.

Do employees have a right to privacy when using personal email accounts, even when they send the messages at work? That depends on the situation, according to a few court cases that have tackled the subject.

In many cases, it’s against the law to read someone else’s personal email – but what if a co-worker forgets to log out of an account he or she opened on a shared computer? That was the question asked in one recent court case.

Information security is a big, expensive problem, and many IT departments may not have the budgets for all the investments they want to make. But here’s advice from one security expert on where to prioritize when it comes to IT security.

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